No charges in Cohasset wedding fireworks seizure

Wednesday

Aug 29, 2012 at 12:01 AMAug 29, 2012 at 4:51 PM

Police will not prosecute the person they say had 300 pounds of illegal fireworks in Cohasset earlier this month. Chief William Quigley said the person found to be in possession of the fireworks likely didn’t buy them. They were intended for a wedding party at the $8.5 million Roy mansion on Margin Street.

Patrick Ronan

Police will not press charges against the person they say had 300 pounds of illegal fireworks in Cohasset earlier this month.

Cohasset Deputy Police Chief William Quigley said the person found to be in possession of the fireworks likely didn’t buy them. Police did not disclose the person’s identity other than to say the individual worked for Cohasset resident Peter Roy.

The fireworks were intended for a wedding party at Roy's $8.5 million mansion on Margin Street.

“Without investing substantial investigative resources, which would include sending our detectives out of state, this investigation will be suspended and the case will be closed if no other information becomes available,” Quigley said.

Cohasset police found the fireworks on a harbor jetty at about 10:45 p.m. Aug. 18. The state fire marshal’s bomb squad seized the fireworks and will destroy them, said Jennifer Mieth, spokesman for the state’s Department of Fire Services.

“The person did not have a permit to possess or use these (fireworks) and, in fact, they are the kind of fireworks ... they are not professional grade,” Mieth said. “It’s illegal to have those here in Massachusetts.”